B.  File Specifications and Data Format

               The Committee Master information has been stored 
          in the following manner:


               Standard Labels          ODD Parity
               EBCDIC                   Record Length: 284
               9 Track                  Block Length: 3976
               1600 BPI                 Records/Block: 14
                                        Total Records: 8550

               The variables have been formatted in the following ways:

          Mnemonics
          Currently
          Used by the                                         Field
          Commission   Variable                    Columns    Desc

          COMIN        Committee Identification       1-9      X(9)
          COMNAM       Committee Name                10-99     X(90)
          COMTRS       Treasurer's Name             100-137    X(38)
          COMST1       Street One                   138-171    X(34)
          COMST2       Street Two                   172-205    X(34)
          COMCT        City or Town                 206-223    X(18)
          COMST        State                        224-225    XX
          COMZIP       Zip Code                     226-230    X(5)
          COMDES       Committee Designation        231-231    X
          COMTYPE      Committee Type               232-232    X
          COMPAR       Committee Party              233-235    X(3)
          COMFF        Filing Frequency             236-236    X
          COMSIG2      Interest Group Category      237-237    X
          COMSPONSOR   Connected Organiz's Name     238-275    X(38)
          COMCAN       Candidate Identification     276-284    X(9)

                               STATE VALUES DESIG.                         


          STATE   COUNT

          AK        38
          AL       106
          AR        61
          AS         2
          AZ       121
          CA       863
          CO       129
          CT       155
          DC       756
          DE        35
          FL       282
          GA       151
          GU         2
          HI        42
          IA       124
          ID        42
          IL       382
          IN       140
          KS        80
          KY       107
          LA       103
          MA       163
          MD       231
          ME        31
          MI       267
          MN       162
          MO       188
          MS        63
          MT        30
          NC       215
          ND        22
          NE        52
          NH        52
          NJ       210
          NM        48
          NV        59
          NY       584
          OH       277
          OK        98
          OR       103
          PA       384
          PR         5
          RI        26
          SC        93
          SD        28
          TN       112
          TX       553
          UT        58
          VA       352
          VI         2
          VT        18
          WA       129
          WI       151
          WV        40
          WY        19
          ZZ         4


                               PARTY DESIGNATION                           


          PARTY   COUNT

                   5138
            0         1
            1         1
          AIP         4
          AMP         5
          CIT         9
          COM         2
          CRV         6
          CST         2
          DEM      1466
          DFL        15
          IND        58
          LAB         3
          LIB        20
          NNE        22
          PAF         4
          PFD         1
          POP         1
          REP      1399
          SOC         1
          SWP         7
          UNK       385


                               COMTE. DESIG.                               

          DESIG   COUNT

                 3025
          A       324
          J        59
          P      2723
          U      2419


                               COMTE. TYPE DESIG.             

          TYPE    COUNT

          C       170
          D        77
          H      2362
          I        93
          N      1749
          P       189
          Q      2851
          S       518
          X       246
          Y       295


                               FILING FREQUENCY DESIG.             

          FF      COUNT

          A         4
          D         1
          M       604
          Q      6285
          T      1656


                               SPECIAL INTEREST GRP DESIG.             

          SIG     COUNT

                 4063
          C      1914
          L       461
          M      1098
          O         2
          T       797
          V        58
          W       157